(187) Tangram Touchstone 9

1

Natural and man-made features. Match the words and pictures below.

(T9)	river	(T22)	stream
(T17)	lake	(T16)	path
(T12)	island	(T11)	shore
(T13)	waterfall	(T5)	beach
(T2)	valley	(T19)	slope
(T1)	cliffs	(T7)	dam
(T18)	mountains	(T3)	tunnel
(T10)	rocks	(T4)	meadow / pasture
(T20)	cave	(T8)	corn / wheat field
(T14)	forest	(T15)	cable car
(T21)	hills	(T6)	bridge

(D1)	(D2)	(D3)	(D4)	(D5)	(D6)	(D7)	(D8)
(D9)	(D10)	(D11)	(D12)	(D13)	(D14)	(D15)	(D16)
(D17)	(D18)	(D19)	(D20)	(D21)	(D22)

3 a

Describing the natural world. In the following texts some words are missing. Try to complete the texts with the words from the lists, before you listen to the track.

NORTHERN IRELAND

(D5)(D2)(D6)(D1)(D4)(D3)

Hello. I’m Eunan McCusker. I live in Irvinestown, in a county of Northern Ireland called Fermanagh. From my house you can only see mountains, (T1) and one or two houses.

County Fermanagh is in the west of Northern Ireland. There are some famous sights, like the Marble Arch (T2).

In Fermanagh there is a big (T3).

It is called Lough Erne, and it has many (T4) of different sizes.

In Enniskillen, on one of the islands, is a very old (T5).

Northern Ireland in general is very beautiful. Giant’s Causeway is on the northern (T6), and this is an amazing sight.

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3 a

Describing the natural world. In the following texts some words are missing. Try to complete the texts with the words from the lists, before you listen to the track.

CORNWALL

(D11)(D9)(D8)(D10)(D7)

Hello. I’m Sarah Willey. I live in Mullion, a (T7) in Cornwall. Cornwall is different from most parts of England.

It’s more (T8), and there are not many trees.

There are a lot of (T9) and caves. Tourists love Cornwall.

They come to Land’s End - the “end” of England! Of course the (T10) is very important in Cornwall.

There is a lot of fishing here, and there are a lot of (T11). Surfing is very popular, and it’s my favourite sport. I like my area. I like the beaches. I never want to live away from the sea.

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E-Touchstone 9 – (1.0)